Empirical prediction models for hole and crack size in space station shielding from 6 to 12 km/sec

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2813, Issue , 1996, Pages 169-180

  Wffliamsen, Joel ^a   Grosch, Donald ^b   Schonberg, William ^c  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack length; Depressurization; Fracture; Hole size; Hypervelocity impact; Orbital debris

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; EARTH (PLANET); FRACTURE; HAZARDS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; ORBITS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHAPED CHARGES; SHIELDING; SPACE STATIONS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

CRACK LENGTH; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; HOLE SIZE; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; ORBITAL DEBRIS;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 0343493878     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.256060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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